Richard
Alderman
submitted the manuscript for the 2011 supplement to The Lawyers’ Guide to
the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, and published “Texas Deceptive
Trade Practices Act Remedies” at 15 Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law
2 (2011). He also participated in an Advertising Law Roundtable at the
University of Tulsa Law School. On Oct. 1, the Center for Consumer Law, which
Dean Alderman directs, held its latest session of the People’s Law School,
attended by more than 560 people.

Meredith
J. Duncan
attended the members consultative group meeting for the ALI’s Restatement
Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm, which was held on Sept. 23,
2011, in Philadelphia, PA. Her article “Personal Tort Law” (co-authored with
UHLC alum Jacquelyn Craig) was published in the SMU Law Review. Prof.
Duncan was also selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Adam
Gershowitz
presented his paper “Trading a Confession for a Search: A Proposal to Deter
Texting While Driving and Warrantless Cell Phone Searches” at William &
Mary Law School on Oct. 4.

Leslie
Griffin
gave the Constitution Day Lecture at Sam Houston State University on Sept. 14.
Prof. Griffin presented her paper "Ordained Discrimination: The Cases
Against the Ministerial Exception" at the University of Arizona and Seton
Hall law schools. She was interviewed on KUHF about the significant religious
freedom case being heard in the U.S. Supreme Court, Hosanna-Tabor
Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC.

Tracy
Hester's
article “A New Front Blowing In: State Law and the Future of Climate Change
Nuisance Litigation” was accepted by the Stanford Environmental Law Journal
for its Fall 2011 issue. He also hosted an EENR Center Lecture by Chairman
Bryan Shaw of the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality on Sept. 23. Prof.
Hester guest-lectured on environmental justice law for an introductory
Environmental Health & Policy class at Rice University on Sept. 20, and he
helped organize a members’ reception for the American Law Institute in Houston
on Sept. 22. Finally, Prof. Hester took the introductory Environmental Law class
on a tour of Valero's refinery in the Houston Ship Channel on Sept. 30 and to
an environmental justice session in the Manchester neighborhood with Air
Alliance Houston and Texas Southern University's Environmental Justice Clinic
on Sept. 23.

Geoffrey
Hoffman
spoke during September on a panel at the Law Center entitled “Current Topics in
Immigration Law” with Gordon Quan of Foster Quan, LLP and Frank Knaack of ACLU,
Texas Policy. Later in the month, Prof. Hoffman moderated the film showing at
the Law Center of Tony and Janina’s American Wedding: A Deportation Love
Story, attended by co-producer Steve Dixon and co-sponsored by UH’s Center
for the Americas-Latin American Studies Project. Prof. Hoffman was interviewed
by International Business Times concerning the immigration position of Gov.
Perry. On Sept. 30, Prof. Hoffman spoke at a panel on the Dream Act at the
National Latino Law Student Association conference in New Orleans, sponsored by
Tulane Law School and Loyola University. On Oct. 14, Prof. Hoffman was
interviewed on immigration enforcement and prosecutorial discretion by KPFT
90.1 Pacifica Radio. The archive link from 90.1 KPFT is http://archive.kpft.org/m3u.php?mp3fil=8419289.

Craig
Joyce
was reappointed to the ABA’s Copyright Reform Task Force. He also was
invited to membership in the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, a support
group for ABF research that self-describes as “an
honorary organization of lawyers, judges, and legal scholars whose public and
private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of
their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.” Joyce
also attended a local chapter meeting of the American Law
Institute. Eighteen members (more than one-third) of the Law Center’s
faculty are ALI members: Deans Nimmer and Alderman, and Professors Dole, Dow,
Duncan, Griffin, Hester, L. Hoffman, Huber, Joyce, Linzer, Oldham, Olivas,
Sanders, Streng, Thompson, Turner, and Zamora.

Sapna
Kumar
presented her draft "The Accidental Agency" as part of a panel on
Patent Law in the 21st Century at SEALS. Her article "Expert Court, Expert
Agency" was recently published in the UC-Davis Law Review.

Peter
Linzer
attended the Members Consultative Group Meeting on the American Law Institute’s
Principles of Election Law in Philadelphia on Oct. 15.

Dean
Nimmer
was named “Best Lawyers’ 2012 Houston Information Technology Law Lawyer of the
Year”.

Tom
Oldham
will be attending the Family Law Quarterly Board of Editors’ annual
meeting later in October in Las Vegas, where they will discuss plans for future
issues of the Quarterly. Prof. Oldham was the issue editor for the
Summer 2011 issue of the Family Law Quarterly, which became available at
the beginning of October.

Michael
A. Olivas
was a busy boy at Vanderbilt University, where he spoke on Developments in 529
Prepaid Tuition Plans (PTP) and College Savings Plans (CSP), conducted a
workshop on writing dissertations for doctoral students at the Peabody College
of Education at Vanderbilt, and delivered the Victor S. Johnson Lecture at the
Vanderbilt Law School on Hernandez v. Texas. At Pomona College, he
delivered a University Lecture on immigration and higher education. His book on
the Hernandez case, “Colored Men” and “Hombres Aqui”, will be
reprinted in paperback format.

Jordan
Paust
spoke at a lunch session on Sept. 28 sponsored by the American Constitution
Society and the International Law Society at UH Law on “The Execution of Leal
Garcia: States’ Rights and International Law.” His article “Still Unlawful: The
Obama Military Commissions, Supreme Court Holdings, and Deviant Dicta in the
D.C. Circuit” has been accepted for publication in 44 Cornell International
Law Journal. On Oct. 17, he will be speaking at Tulane School of Law on the
Permissibility of Drone Targeting, and on Oct. 18, he will present two lectures
on the same general topic during Keystone 2011 in New Orleans, which is a
leadership summit hosted by the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps. On Oct. 22, Prof.
Paust will participate on a panel addressing “Civilian Casualties in Modern
Warfare: The Death of the Collateral Damage Rule” during the annual meeting of
the American Branch of the International Law Association in New York City. His
article “Permissible Self-Defense Targeting and the Death of bin Laden” has
just been published at 39 Denver Journal of International Law & Policy
569 (2011).

Jessica
L. Roberts
presented her work-in-progress “Who Are We in the Workplace?: Protecting
Against DNA-Based Race Discrimination” (co-authored with Prof. Wendy Greene of
the Cumberland School of Law) at the annual Labor and Employment Law Colloquium
in Los Angeles, CA.

Ben
Sheppard
served as session co-chair and moderator at the European Users’ Symposium
sponsored by the London Court of International Arbitration at Luton Hoo,
England. Prof. Sheppard presented an overview and analysis of recent legal
developments relating to arbitration as part of the “Eighth Annual Update on
Recent Developments in International Dispute Resolution” at the meeting of the
ABA Section of International Law in Washington, D.C. He served as co-chair and
speaker at “Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration”,
a one-day symposium with mock scenarios at The Harvard Club of New York City.
Prof. Sheppard has been selected to serve on the local/internal Task on
“Decisions as to Costs” for the International Court of Arbitration of the
International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France.

Jacqueline
Weaver
spoke to the Association of American Mineral Owners on the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill on Sept. 15 at their annual Houston conference. She also taught a
course on the Rule of Capture, unitization, joint development zones,
international oil spill conventions, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to
lawyers from Sonangol, the Angolan national oil company, in an Advanced Legal
Studies program in Lisbon.

Bret
Wells
presented his co-authored paper entitled “Homeless Income: Collection at Source
is the Linchpin” and participated in a panel discussion at the American Tax
Policy Institute’s conference on International Taxation and Competitiveness in
Washington, D.C. on Oct. 17.

Stephen
Zamora
travelled to Guadalajara, Mexico the last week of September, where he was a
featured speaker at ITESM University, as part of a multi-year Academic Leaders
series at ITESM that brings national and international speakers to the
Guadalajara campus of Mexico’s largest private university. His two-day
residency at the ITESM/Guadalajara campus included a public lecture in Spanish
– translated, the title was “Rethinking North America: Why NAFTA’s Limited
Approach to Integration is Flawed, and What To Do About It.” He also taught two
classes in Spanish on the subject of NAFTA’s influence in the development of
Mexican law. Finally, Prof. Zamora addressed the American Chamber of Commerce
in Mexico—Guadalajara Division, on the subject of NAFTA’s limitations and their
implications for business development in Mexico.